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A10738	A sermon against oppression and fraudulent dealing: preached at Paules Crosse, the eleuenth of December, by Charles Richardson, preacher at Saint Katherines neare the Tower of London	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.	1615 (1615)	STC 21017; ESTC S121051	31,098	45

were the best And this is the generall complaint concerning sale wares that men care not how sleightly it commeth out of their hands and that there is nothing almost made so good and so durable as in former times Last of all they sinne in concealing from the buyer the faults of that they sell and so suffering him to bee deluded 2. ●ae q. 77. art 3 Thomas Aquinas speaketh very well to this point It is alwayes vnlawfull saith he to giue to any man occasion of losse or danger But the seller that offereth any thing to sell doth herein giue the buyer occasion of danger or losse in that he offereth him a thing that is faulty if by the fault thereof hee incurre danger or losse Losse if for such a fault the thing that is to bee solde bee lesse worth and yet hee for that fault will abate nothing of the price And danger if for such a fault the vse of the thing bee made eyther vnprofitable or hurtfull As for example if a man sell one a lame horse for a swift running horse or a ruinous house for a strong house or corrupted and poysoned meat for that which is good Whereupon saith he if these faults be secret hee doe not discouer them it is vnlawfull and fraudulent selling and the seller is bound to recompence the losse Yea this sinne is exceedingly condemned by the heathen man Cic. offic lib. 3. Who seeth not sayth hee what a thing this kind of concealing is and what a manner of man he is that vseth it Surely he is no plaine dealing man no honest man no ingenious man no iust no good man but rather a subtil a base a fraudulent a deceitful a malicious a cunning a slie and a crafty knaue But the Chapmen of these dayes are so far from making known the faults of the commodities they sell as that rather they doe of purpose darken their shoppes that the buyer cannot see what hee buyeth Isa 59 10. but must grope at noone day as if it were twilight By this practise as one sayth well they shew themselues to be the children of darkenesse and their deedes to bee the deedes of darkenesse yea they bewray that they haue a desire to doe euill and to deale badly For as our Sauiour sayth Ioh. 3.20 Euery man that doeth euill hateth the light neyther commeth to the light lest his deedes should bee reproued And therefore because they loue darkenesse more then light 19. let them take heed they heare not that wofull sentence denounced against them Binde them hand and foote Mat. 22.13 and cast them into vtter darkenesse there shall bee weeping and gnashing of teeth These are some of the vnconscionable practises that are vsed by Tradesmen in buying and selling and these are so common at this day as it is accounted a folly for any man to doe otherwise Euery body will confesse that plaine dealing is a Iewell but they say hee that vseth it shall die a begger Yea they traine vp their seruants Apprentises to these courses a Eò laudabilior quò fraudulentior Aug. confess l. 1 And if any of them proue more cunning and crafty to ouerreach men that come into their shops then the rest hee is more commendable and better accounted of So that by that time they haue serued out their yeares partly by their owne inbred corruption and partly by their Masters ill example Mat. 23.15 as our Sauiour Christ sayde of the Iewish Proselites they become twofolde more the children of hell then their Masters are And thus much for the exhortation and the seuerall branches thereof The reasons follow His Brother The first reason as hath beene sayd is included in this word Brother and it carrieth great force and waight with it It was the argument that Abraham vsed to Lot Gen. 13.8 I pray thee let there bee no strife betweene thee and me for we are brethren And it was the argument that Moses vsed to the Hebrewes that stroue together Act. 7.26 Sirs yee are brethren why doe yee wrong one to another 3. q. 28. art 3. Now men are called Brethren as Thomas Aquinas obserueth foure wayes in the Scriptures First by nature and that eyther by birth as Iacob and Esau borne both of the same Parents or by bloud and so all mankinde are brethren Act. 17.26 For as the Apostle saith God made of one bloud all mankinde to dwell on all the face of the earth Secondly by Countrey and so the Apostle calleth the Iewes that were his Countrymen Rom. 9.3 his Brethren Thirdly by Kindred as they that come all of one stocke or linage and so our Sauiour Christ is said to haue brethren and sisters Is not this the brother of Iames and Ioses and of Iudas Mar. 6.3 and Simon and are not his sisters here with vs And yet wee know that his blessed Mother remayned a Virgin both before and after his byrth Fourthly by Affection I might speake of all these and shew the force of the argument in euery one of them but I will insist onely in the last which is chiefely meant in this place and indeede it is the strongest of all the rest and doth most of all binde vs to procure the good one of another Eph. 2.16 Rom. 12.5 Doct. it being our coniunction with Christ our head then in him one with another wherby we are al made one body and euery one one anothers members This then doth teach vs that it is a grieuous sinne for one Christian to oppresse or defraud another True it is not lawfull to offer violence to any man If there were no other reason yet euen in this very respect that hee is a man we must not doe him any wrong no though hee were our vtter enemy Mat. 5.44 As our Sauiour Christ saith Loue your enemies doe good to them that hate you c. And the Apostle exhorteth If thine enemy hunger feede him Rom. 12.20 21 if he thirst giue him drinke c. And bee not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnesse Much lesse must we hurt or harme those that are Christians of the same profession with our selues To this purpose there are seuen bounds set downe by the Apostle which if any thing will preuaile might serue to containe vs in our duety There is one body and one spirite Eph. 4.4.5.6 euen as yee are called in one hope of your vocation There is one Lord one faith one Baptisme one God and Father of all There is one body As in the naturall body there is no member more for it selfe then for the whole so it should bee in this mysticall body Those that are as it were eyes and hands must not oppresse the feet There is one spirite which is as it were a soule in this body which knitteth all the members thereof a great deale nearer then the members of the naturall body are coupled with ioynts

and sinewes There is one hope of our calling Eph. 4.16 whereby wee are called to an inheritance in the Kingdome of heauen There is one Lord whose seruants wee all professe our selues to be And therefore as they that serue one Master and liue in one house ought not to wrong one another no more should wee that would bee accounted of Gods houshold offer iniury to our fellow seruants Mat. 24.49 There is one faith whereby wee belieue the same gracious promises of God for our comfort There is one Baptisme wherein wee all promised before the God of heauen before Angels and men to renounce all the cursed deedes of darkenes Last of all there is one God the Father of vs all not onely by creation as hee is also of the wicked and vnreasonable creatures in which respect Iob calleth the crawling wormes his sisters but chiefly Iob. 17.14 by grace and regeneration Quae si non prosunt singula multa iuuāt and wee all would bee reputed his children There is neuer a one of these bonds but euen single by it selfe it might bee of force to tye vs to the good behauiour towards our brethren but all of thē laide together cannot chufe if there bee any sparke of grace but mightily preuaile with vs. And therefore to apply this in a word it serueth to reproue those that breake all these bonds Solomon saith a threefold corde is not easily broken Eccl. 4.12.2 But here is a greater corde here are first as we haue heard foure arguments of brotherhood Hos 11.4 then here are seuen bonds of loue to tie and vnite vs in affection one towards another And yet all these are not strong enough There are a number of false brethren in all the former respects Gal. 2.4 And it is hard to finde any in this age 1. Cor. 6.8 that will not doe wrong and do harm euen to their brethren So that as the Prophet sayth Euery man must take heed of his neighbour Ier. 9.4.5 and not trust in any brother for euery brother will vse deceit and euery friend will deale deceitfully and euery one will deceiue his friend and will not speake the truth for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies c. Yea many are growne to that passe that they will deceiue their owne fathers The sacred profession of religion which ought to bee the nearest of all bonds that heauen and earth can affoorde is violated and troden vnder foote Yea it is too euident that there are many that vse their profession for a cloake of maliciousnesse 1. Pet. 2.16 Gal. 5.13 They thinke that men will the sooner belieue and credite them fot their profession sake and so by that meanes they doe the more dangerously deceiue And hereby it commeth to passe that the mouths of profane persons are opened against them and the holy name Gospell of God is disgraced for indeed there can no greater reproch redound to the Gospell then when they that are the professors of it make no conscience of their dealing According to that speech of the Apostle Rom. 2.24 The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you 2. Sam. 12.14 And so Nathan tolde Dauid that by that wicked deed of his hee had caused the enemies of God to blaspheme For this is the property of the vngodly that whatsoeuer they can finde amisse in a man that professeth religion presently they impute it to the profession and to the religion it selfe And hence it is that Papists on the one side and Atheists on the other side doe exclame against vs. These are your professors these are your Bible-bearers these are they that will not misse a Sermon and yet they will dissemble as deepely vse as much bad dealing as other men And doubtlesse this is that which disgraceth this famous City that hauing the Gospell so plentifully as they haue and making such a profession of religion as generally they do yet there is so little conscience and equity in their dealing And therefore let them be exhorted in the feare of God to walke answerably to their profession that so as the Apostle sayth They may take away occasion 2. Cor. 11.12 from them that desire occasion against them There is nothing in the world that ought to bee so deare vnto a Christian man no not his owne life as the credite of the Gospell And therefore as wee tender it and would bee loth to expose it to contempt by the slanderous reproaches of wicked men let vs make conscience of our wayes that they that speake euill of vs as of euill doers 1. Pet. 3.16 may be ashamed when they shall see our good conuersation in Christ And thus much shall suffice briefly to haue spoken of the first reason in this word Brother For the Lord is the auenger of all such This is the second reason which is plainely expressed And it is taken from the vengeance of God that they that will not bee drawne by loue may be forced by feare And it is added by due order to that which is supplyed out of the third verse namely It is the will of God that no man oppresse or defraud his brother for the vengeance of God doth alwayes follow the violating of his will Now it is to bee obserued that the Apostle doth vse here the present time because the Lord not onely will bee but also hath beene in all the ages of the world and still is at this day the auenger of all such things Doctrine From hence wee learne that the Lord will most surely punish all oppression and fraudulent dealing and all iniury that a man doth to his neighbour Prou. 22.22.23 The Scripture is plentiful in the proofe of this point Solomon saith Rob not the poore because hee is poore c. For the Lord will defend their cause and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them And the Lord gaue a strict charge to the people of Israel and inforced it with a seuere threatning Exod. 22.22.23.24 Yee shall not trouble any widdow nor fatherlesse child If thou vexe or trouble any such and so he call and cry vnto me I will surely heare his cry Then shall my wrath bee kindled and I will kill you with the sword and your wiues shall be widdowes and your children fatherlesse Where wee see that the Lord will pay them home in their owne kinde And to this purpose saith the Prophet Dauid Psal 12.5 Now for the oppression of the needy and for the sighes of the poore I will vp sayth the Lord and will set at liberty him whom the wicked hath snared 10.14 And in another place Thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse And the Apostle testifyeth that it is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them